Location choice of multinational enterprises in China : comparison between Japan and Taiwan

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

CHANG, K.-I.

Dept. of Applied Economics, National Chung Hsing Univ., Taichung City, Taiwan, Province de Chine

HAYAKAWA, K.

Bangkok Research Center, Japan External Trade Organization, Bangkok, Thailande

MATSUURA, T.

Institute for Economic and Industrial Studies, Keio Univ., Tokyo, Japon

Description :
This paper explores the location choice of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in China, shedding special light on the role of agglomeration of same-nationality firms. It examines how this role differs according to firms' productivity. Furthermore, it compares the location choice of Japanese and Taiwanese MNEs in China, taking into consideration that Taiwanese MNEs experience less uncertainty in investing in China due to Taiwan's linguistic and cultural advantages. When considering firms' productivity, it finds that less productive Japanese firms prefer to locate close to larger same-nationality agglomerations while there are no differences in location choices in the case of Taiwanese firms.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Papers in regional science, issn : 1056-8190, 2014, vol. 93, n°. 3, p. 521-537, nombre de pages : 17, Références bibliographiques : 20 ref.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Berlin, Springer

Langue :
Anglais